Fiserv chose OpenAI. FIS chose Anthropic. Jack Henry just chose Google. The supervisory guidance that would govern any of it excludes agentic AI.

The Honolulu-based company said it plans to acquire TriCo Bancshares in Chico, California, and retain all of the seller's 68 branches.

Jeff Sinnot, CEO of Vantage Bank and American Banker's 2026 Most Innovative Person In Finance, sits down with tech reporter Melinda Lucy to talk about the bank's diversified approach to digital assets and the opportunities the DeFi sector holds for community banks.

Kentland Federal became the third bank this year to fail; meanwhile, American Banker today publishes its list of the best-performing small banks.

In American Banker's ranking of banks with the strongest metrics, here is this year's list, based on 2025 data from Capital Performance Group.

The Denver-based bank reported that two loans soured, one due to fraud. A number of other lenders reported sizable fraud-related losses last fall.

U.S. Bank, Arvest, Old National, BMO and WaFd took the losses in a decade-long scheme the DOJ announced.

Anthropic appoints Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to its long-term benefit trust, JPMorganChase signs a multiyear agreement to be the official jersey patch and banking partner of the Dallas Mavericks, Brazil-based Nubank receives full regulatory approval to open Nu Mexico, and more in this week's banking news roundup.

As the deadline for President Donald Trump to sign or veto a housing package looms, hanging in the balance is a reciprocal deposit provision that would give small banks more room to compete for large corporate and municipal depositors.

The move is designed to align the two Utah-based businesses under a single unique name and comes two years after the bank acquired the home lender in 2024.

Sean Scott of U.S. Bank discusses what his team did to win their Innovation of the Year award for their collaboration with Edward Jones, in conversation with American Banker's Chana Schoenberger.

The Louisiana-based lender's acquisition of American Planning Corp. expands the list of advisory services it offers to other community banks.

Two investors are in open revolt over what they see as inaction and underperformance at United Bancorporation of Alabama. Among their demands: more stock buybacks, lower expenses and new faces on the board of directors.

The national bank is releasing an upgraded version of its mobile app to its users in phases after absorbing 780,000 former FirstBank customers last month.

A $160 million deal to merge Hometown Financial Group subsidiaries and Primary Bank will lead to consolidation under a single brand name of TruNorth.

Oklahoma's Bank7 may acquire New Mexico's Century Bank by the end of the year. The reason: A wealthy Century shareholder is being forced to sell his shares to satisfy a $40 million debt.

Organizers of Bank of St. George were close to the finish line in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. Now CEO Bruce Jensen says the planned bank should open its doors by the end of the year.

The need to scale quickly is adding new challenges to the build vs. buy debate

The private student loan market figures to benefit from Republican-led changes to the much larger federal program. But other consumer lenders could face a fallout as more Americans are forced to reconsider which debt payments to prioritize.

Washington, D.C., may be the epicenter of the nation's birthday celebrations, but the financiers, financial institutions and city that funded it deserve some attention, too.